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The requirements for the program in General Education are:
- GEN 100, First Year Orientation Experience, 1 credit
- GEN 110, First Year Seminar, 3 credits
- ENG 107, Art and Craft of Writing, 3 credits
- Second Competency course, 3 credits (courses listed below)
- Distribution Courses, 24 credits:
- 6 credits in the Arts: Art/Art History, Communications, Performing Arts, Music
- 6 credits in the Humanities: English, History, International Studies, Philosophy
- 6 credits in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics: Biology, Biochemistry/Chemistry, Computer Science/Mathematics, Physics
- 6 credits in the Social Sciences: Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
In the first semester of the freshman year students will take a one-credit course entitled First Year Orientation Experience. This course serves as an introduction to university life in its various curricular and cocurricular aspects. Discussions will include majors, career planning, student activities, volunteer service opportunities, and the complex community and social issues faced by new college students. The course also covers library and research skills, including the use of information technology, introduces students to resources on campus (Career Development Center, Learning Center, Writing Center, Computer Center), and discusses important social, academic, and community issues.
An English Composition course is taken in the first year. This three-credit course helps develop and improve writing skills that are essential to clear thinking and to success in college and beyond.
The freshman year also includes a First Year Seminar. This three-credit course introduces freshmen to intellectual life at Adelphi University by providing them with a learning experience that exposes them to exciting and challenging ideas in a seminar format with professors teaching in their area of expertise. The seminar format provides opportunity for extensive discussion and writing assignments that will promote the development of critical thinking skills. Although a wide range of subject choices is available to students, each seminar has the common goal of improving students’ awareness of global issues and appreciation of the range and value of human diversity.
In addition to English composition (the first competency course) all students are required to take an additional complementary course that will provide additional skills useful in many subject areas throughout and after college. Students can fulfill this requirement by selecting one of the following courses:
Computer Use, CSC 170; English as a Second Language, ESL 111 or 112, permission required; an additional English composition course, ENG 108, 109, or 110; Foreign Languages, third-semester level (121) or higher; Critical Thinking Skills, PHI 105; Statistics, MTH 113 or 114; or Public Speaking, SPE 110 or 112.
Additional courses that fulfill this requirement will be listed in the Directory of Classes and on the University Web site. Students are encouraged to complete this requirement early in their college career and are urged to use the requirement to develop new skills or gain strength in areas that need improvement. To this end, these courses may be taken on a Pass/Fail basis.
The final component of the General Education program is a Distribution Course Requirement designed to encourage students to learn the methods of inquiry and subject matter in a wide spectrum of disciplines. Every student must complete at least six credits in each of the following four areas: the arts (art/art history, communications, performing arts, music), humanities and languages (English, history, international studies, philosophy), natural sciences and mathematics (biology, biochemistry/chemistry, computer science/mathematics, physics), and the social sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology) for a total of 24 credits. Courses in interdisciplinary programs (Environmental Studies, African American and Ethnic Studies) are allocated to one of the four areas above as appropriate. These distribution requirements can be fulfilled by any courses that meet major or minor requirements in the discipline. In addition, students can choose from introductory level non-major courses in several of these disciplines. Students should consult their advisers and the Directory of Classes for help in selecting these courses. Courses taken to meet the distribution requirement can also serve to meet major or minor requirements. The intention of this provision is to permit students who become intrigued with a discipline while meeting distribution requirements to use the course(s) taken toward a major, minor, or second major.
Transfer students may be exempt from some of these requirements. |
